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An Imagined Affair

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1/7

Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Step 1 / 7Position: 2

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

AN IMAGINED AFFAIR      -       Elbow
Intro:
Emadde9 /
        D                         E/B           Cmaj7Gi                              
      A      sky as black as re -         gret 
        D                            E/B          Cmaj7Gi                            
      Is       rolling aside for the         blue 
           D                            E/B         Cmaj7Gi                          
      Im -       possible face to for -         get 
      DThese       E/Bfeelings belong in a         Cmaj7zoo G/D  
  1   ne  2   je  3  4  1  2  3  4 1
e|2---3---2-----------/-------1---/0-
B|3---3---3---0---3---/-------1---/1-
G|0---0---0---0---0---/-------2---/0-
D|0---0---0---0---0---/-------3---/2-
A|2---2---2---2---2---/-------3---/3-
E|3---3---3---3---3---/-------1---/--
 Gmaj7-  G-  Gmaj7- Gii - 
Giii                             F   C-                                        D  
      She brings the     morning 
        Gmaj7   G-  Gmaj7- Gii - Giii                                                         
      She - 
she brings the     Fmorning     Csun
         D                              E/B           Cmaj7Gi                        
      So       lost in the sound of her         voice 
        D                         E/B           Cmaj7Gi                              
      I       don't even hear the         words 
      DWhen she       E/Bsays, Come on get out.
The         Cmaj7past will find us out
Come on get out     Dplease
     E/BAnd don't breathe a         Cmaj7word G/D  
 Gmaj7-  G-  Gmaj7- Gii - 
Giii                                F   C-                                      D  
       She brings the      morning 
         Gmaj7   G-  Gmaj7- Gii - Giii                                                        
       She - 
she brings the     Fmorning     Csun 
Break:
    CBut all this an i -     Cmagined affair
While     Csitting in a bar spilling in a     Cbar
I     Cdrink until the doorman is a     CChristmas tree
And my     Cspeech is 
    Cjust a gas leak 
 C- 
 Gmaj7-  G-   Gmaj7-  G-   F-  C-    D- 
 Gmaj7-  G-   Gmaj7-  G-   F-  C-   
 Gmaj7-  G-  Gmaj7- Gii - 
Giii                              F   C-                                       D  
       She brings the     morning 
        Gmaj7   G-  Gmaj7- Gii - Giii                                                        
       She - 
she brings the     Fmorning     Csun 
Outro:
Cmaj7
 Emadd9022002
      Dxx0231
    E/Bx22100
  Cmaj7x32000
Gi     xx543x
    G/Dxx0433
  Gmaj7320032
      G320033
Gii    32000x
Giii   32003x
      F133211
      Cx32010

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An Imagined Affair

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Chords in this song · guitar

E/B

Cmaj7

G/D

Gmaj7

Emadd9

AN IMAGINED AFFAIR - Elbow

Intro:

Emadde9 /

D E/B Cmaj7

A sky as black as re - gret

D E/B Cmaj7

Is rolling aside for the blue

D E/B Cmaj7

Im - possible face to for - get

D E/B Cmaj7 G/D

These feelings belong in a zoo

1 ne 2 je 3 4 1 2 3 4 1

e|2---3---2-----------/-------1---/0-

B|3---3---3---0---3---/-------1---/1-

G|0---0---0---0---0---/-------2---/0-

D|0---0---0---0---0---/-------3---/2-

A|2---2---2---2---2---/-------3---/3-

E|3---3---3---3---3---/-------1---/--

Gmaj7 G Gmaj7

- - - Gii -

F C D

Giii -

She brings the morning

Gmaj7 G Gmaj7

- - Gii - Giii

She -

F C

she brings the morning sun

D E/B Cmaj7

So lost in the sound of her voice

D E/B Cmaj7

I don't even hear the words

D E/B

When she says, Come on get out.

Cmaj7

The past will find us out

Come on get out please

E/B Cmaj7 G/D

And don't breathe a word

Gmaj7 G Gmaj7

- - - Gii -

F C D

Giii -

She brings the morning

Gmaj7 G Gmaj7

- - Gii - Giii

She -

F C

she brings the morning sun

Break:

C C

But all this an i - magined affair

C C

While sitting in a bar spilling in a bar

C C

I drink until the doorman is a Christmas tree

And my speech is

just a gas leak

Gmaj7 G Gmaj7 G F C D

- - - - - - -

Gmaj7 G Gmaj7 G F C

- - - - - -

Gmaj7 G Gmaj7

- - - Gii -

F C D

Giii -

She brings the morning

Gmaj7 G Gmaj7

- - Gii - Giii

She -

F C

she brings the morning sun

Outro:

Cmaj7

Emadd9

022002

xx0231

E/B

x22100

Cmaj7

x32000

Gi xx543x

G/D

xx0433

Gmaj7

320032

320033

Gii 32000x

Giii 32003x

133211

x32010

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